Why do we give away personal data on the internet? Because we've given up
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@Boundegar wrote: That's really well put. Like the tech bubble, like the housing bubble, corporate data mining is something we keep on hearing will be a problem some day, and I, for one, kind of hope...
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@incarnedine_v wrote: checks Lightbeam yeah, thanks BoingBoing for helping us avoid big data! Read full topic
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@Chesterfield wrote: You could leave off the "on the internet part" and just ask why we give away personal data. Lots of people use store loyalty cards, credit cards, widgets that give you a car...
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@Chesterfield wrote: There's something a little bit funny that a website with trackers on it asks why we give away personal data on the internet. Read full topic
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@simonize wrote: Computers have made it MUCH more difficult to "hide in the crowd," than it used to be. Computers make it much easier to link the various bits of information about us than used to be...
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@fuzzyfungus wrote: There's the additional problem that, since data are easy and cheap to collect and store, the new 'normal' baseline now includes a lot of data. Even if you were freaky-good at...
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Why do we give away personal data on the internet? Because we've given up
@ben_ehlers wrote: boingboing: Moreover, they feel they would face significant social and economic penalties if they were to opt out of all the services of a modern economy that rely on an exchange of...
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Why do we give away personal data on the internet? Because we've given up
@shaddack wrote: ben_ehlers: Moreover, they feel they would face significant social and economic penalties if they were to opt out of all the services of a modern economy that rely on an exchange of...
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Why do we give away personal data on the internet? Because we've given up
@ben_ehlers wrote: shaddack: The join-or-give-up-your-social-life-as-you-know-it looks like a form of a hostage situation to me. Well, shit, if you are going to frame it that way, of course it sounds...
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Why do we give away personal data on the internet? Because we've given up
@shaddack wrote: ben_ehlers: "Give me money or you will never see another hamburger here!" "Show up to work, or you're fired!" You usually have wide range of choices between food vendors, and even...
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Why do we give away personal data on the internet? Because we've given up
@chenille wrote: ben_ehlers: "Give me money or you will never see another hamburger here!""Show up to work, or you're fired!" I think most people would consider spending money, and working for it,...
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